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(43) Date of publication: 26.02.2025 Bulletin 2025/09 (21) Application number: 23792396.6 (22) Date of filing: 18.04.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 5/15(2006.01) G01N 1/00(2006.01) A61B 5/153(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61B 5/153; A61B 5/154; A61B 5/150229; A61B 5/157; A61B 5/15003; A61B 5/150221; A61B 5/150992; A61B 5/150343 (86) International application number: PCT/US2023/018881 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/205106 (26.10.2023 Gazette 2023/43)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 19.04.2022 US 202263332476 P (71) Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 (US)	(72) Inventors: HOPWOOD, Benjamin, P. West Valley City, Utah 84128 (US) HARDING, Weston, F. Lehi, Utah 84043 (US) LACKEY, BreAnna, Eileen West Valley City, Utah 84119 (US) (74) Representative: dompatent von Kreisler Selting Werner - Partnerschaft von Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB  Deichmannhaus am Dom Bahnhofsvorplatz 1 50667 Köln 50667 Köln (DE)